My daughter has panic attacks exactly like me, and she couldn't take the side effects of buspar. She took them for 2 weeks and had to stop. I can't remember what the side effects for her were.
One thing I have learned reading alot of boards and stuff is that every person reacts to every drug a different way. Xanax doesn't make me sleepy at all, but if my daughter takes half a pill of mine, she's out in 20 minutes. Strange.